The Perfect Tense

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with a correct form of the perfect tense.

1. John (write, not) ___________________ the report yet. He will write it tomorrow.

2. Rachel (clean) ________________ her living room for two hours. She is very very tired.

3. Peter was late for school because he (miss) _________________ the school bus.

4. Nicole is studying Spanish. She (study) ___________________ the language for two years.

5. The president (leave) _________________ the White House. He is going to Chicago for a vacation.

6. When the chef arrived at the restaurant yesterday, all the customers (leave) ___________________.

7. Rachel was very sad because her mother (die) __________________.

8. Rachel is very sad because her mother (die) _________________.

9. David is in the office now. He (be) _________________ in the office since 9AM this morning.

10. By the time the firefighters got to the apartment building last night, it (burn) _________________down.